COVID-19 pandemic leads to greater depth of unaffordability of healthy and nutrient-adequate diets in low- and middle-income countries
2021
Laborde Debucquet, David; Herforth, Anna; Headey, Derek D.; de Pee, Saskia | http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3644-3498 Laborde Debucquet, David; http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2476-5131 Headey, Derek
Unaffordability of healthy diets affected 3 billion people before the COVID-19 pandemic, 2.5 billion of whom lived in 63 low- and middle-income countries. In these 63 countries, income losses due to the pandemic have markedly worsened the affordability gap. The proportion of people unable to afford half the cost of a healthy diet increased from 43% to 50%; this increased unaffordability will aggravate undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies and diet-related non-communicable diseases.
Show more [+] Less [-]IFPRI3; CRP4; 2 Promoting Healthy Diets and Nutrition for all; Advancing Research on Nutrition and Agriculture (ARENA)
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